Courtney Marie Andrews to Release Highly-Anticipated Album “May Your Kindness Remain”
If we’re ever going to flip the script when it comes to the quality of country and roots music and the representation of women within its ranks, it’s going to take incredible voices and cunning songwriting that can’t be held down by the norms and habits that have plagued the music for too long. In the last few years multiple voices have emerged that could bring the promise of greater balance to fruition, and possibly none as strong and compelling as Courtney Marie Andrews.
Announced on Monday (1-10), Andrews will be making her debut on Fat Possum Records in conjunction with Mama Bird and Loose Music with May Your Kindness Remain. Featuring ten tracks produced by Canadian Mark Howard, who has previously produced records for Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams and Tom Waits, May Your Kindness Remain is said to awaken more gospel influences in Courtney, and this certainly can be heard in the album’s title track, with contributions from Gospel singer C.C. White (listen below).
Courtney Marie’s stories and subjects are often hard to discern from her own narrative since she’s lived such and interesting and character-filled life. Leaving home at 16-years-old to become a busking musician up and down the West Coast, and later traveling in eastern parts of the United States and Europe, she eventually made a name for herself by impressing artists like Jimmy Eat World and Ryan Adams, and singing backup on some impressive stages as she toured the country.
The title track of the new record gives hope to the downtrodden, reaffirming that regardless of the adversity and outcomes in life, never sacrifice your greater parts, because they could still have a purpose in the future.
May Your Kindness Remain is now up for pre-order, and will be released on March 23rd.
Track List:
- May Your Kindness Remain
- Lift The Lonely From My Heart
- Two Cold Nights In Buffalo
- Rough Around The Edges
- Border
- Took You Up
- This House
- Kindness Of Strangers
- I’ve Hurt Worse
- Long Road Back To You
January 10, 2018 @ 7:47 pm
We were lucky enough to see Courtney twice in Australia in 2017. Firstly touring with Joe Pug and later with Sam Outlaw. Hope she get’s back down our way again soon!
January 10, 2018 @ 8:26 pm
This is awesome news – she is probably my favorite female artists. Such a great writer and I love her voice
January 10, 2018 @ 8:39 pm
Excellent first song here too
January 11, 2018 @ 4:04 am
I’m Really looking forward to this release. Her voice is wonderful. It is both strong, has a wonderful color and I love her phrasing.
And she is also nominated for two rewards at the American Fest 2018
“International Album of the Year” and “International Artist of the Year”
She’ll probably not win any of them but the fact that she has been nominated is allready that a win for here.
https://theamauk.org/uk-americana-awards-nominees-2018
January 11, 2018 @ 7:57 am
Looking forward to this greatly. She was my best new find of 2016 (Tyler Childers was that person in 2017).
Looks like she’ll be in DC at the Black Cat on album release day. Unfortunately, I really have my heart set on seeing Lee Ann Womack that same day at my favorite venue The Birchmere. She blew me away when I saw her there in 2015. DC area roots music fan problems.
January 11, 2018 @ 9:18 am
Voice …..WOW !!…..
Out of tune guitar solo …..wow ?
January 11, 2018 @ 12:19 pm
I think it purposefully starts out distorted and dark as if it was lost and weighed down. As the solo progresses, the distortion fades and the solo becomes lighter, as if it was stripped of it burdens
January 11, 2018 @ 5:21 pm
but desperately out of tune ….how ? why ? ….
the guitar and its tone really don’t work with the vibe of the vocal and sentiment of the song
January 11, 2018 @ 2:26 pm
Original yet painted between the lines. I like it. Far superior to 2017 SOTY 😉
January 17, 2018 @ 12:33 am
Definitely looking forward to this, and love the song, but the guitar in the middle is terrible.